The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-08

great mo nsters Of iniqu,ty in our country.
tbs aillion membership Of our churches
would band together and hew in twain
these great crimes that make the land
frightful with their roar. and are fatten-
Ing upon the bodies and souls Of immortal
men. Who 10 ready for such . party a.
thati Who will be . mighty hunter FOR
the Lordi
I remark again: II you want to be
successful in spiritual hunting, you need
not only to bring down the game, but
bring it in. think one Of the most beau.
tiful pictures Of Thorwaldsen is his "Au-
tumn." II represents . sports man coming
homo and standing under q grapevine.
He has q stat over his shout.
der, aad on the other end Of that staff ara
hung a rabbit ard brace of BIRDS
Every hunter brings home the game. No
one would think OF bringing down rein.
deer or whipping up stream for trout
and lettiu g them lie in the woods. At
tide tie camp is adorned with the
treasures Of the forest-beak and hn, and
antler.
II you 60 out to hunt for immortal
souls, not only bring them down undet
the arrow OF the gospel, but bring them
into the Church of God, the grand home
and encampment we have pitched this
side OF the skies. Fetch them in, do not
let them lie out in the open field. They
need our prayers, and sympathies, and
help. That is the meaning of the Church
of God-help! Dye hunters for the Lord |!
not only bring down the game, but bring
it in.
II Mithriiates liked hunting 50 we'll that
for seven years he never went in doors,
what enthusiasm ought we to have who
are hunting for imm ,rtal soulsl II Don.
itisn practiced archery until he coule
stand boy down in the Roman amphi
theater, with q hand out, the fingers cut
stretched, and then the King could shco.
an arrow between the fingers without
wounding them, to what drill and what
practice ought not We subject ourselves
in order to become spiritual archers aud
''mighty hunters before the Lordr'
But let me say you will never work
anv better than you pray. The old archer
took the bow, put one end of it down be
side the foot, elevated the other end, and
it was the rule that the bow should
be Just the size Of the archer; IL il
was Just his size then he would
go into the battle with confidence. Let
me say that your power to project good
in the world will correspond exactly
to your own spiritual statue. In other
words, the first thing in the preparation
for Oh ristian work Is personal consecra
ton
Oh for closer walk with God,
A calm and Heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb.
Pam sure that there are some here whe
at some time have been hit by the Cos pei
arrow. You felt the wound Of that con.
viction, and you plunged into the world
deeper, Just as the stag, when the hounds
are after II, plunges into Scroon lake
expecting in that way to escape. Jesus
Christ is on your track to-day, impeni
tent man, not in wrath, but in mercy.
Oh, We chased and painting souls here il
the stream of Gods mercy and salvation,
where you may cool your thirst. Stol
that chase of sin to-day By the res
fountain that leaped from the heart of my
Lord beg you stop There is mercy foi
you~mercy that pardons; mercy that
heals: everlasting mercy. Is there in all
this house any one who can refuse the
offer that comes from the heart Of the
dying son of Godl
There is a forest in Germany, a place
they call the ''Deer leap'-two crags
about eighteen yards apart. between 6
fearful chasm. This is called the Deer
lean" because once a hunter was on the
track Of deer: it came to one of these
crags: there was no escape for it from
the pursuit ofthe hunter, and in utter des.
PAIR it gathered itself up. and in the death
agony attempted to jump across. OF
course it fell. and was dashed to death on
the rocks far beneath. Here is a path to
heaven. I. il plain; it Is safe. Jesus
marks it out for every man to walk in.
But here is a man who says:
Il won't walk in that path; will take
my own way"
He comes on up until he confrouts the
chasm that divides his soul from heaven.
Now his last hour has come, and he re.
solves that he will leap that chasm, from
the heights of earth to the height, OF
heaven. Stand back now and give him
full swing, for no soul ever did that sue.
cessfully. Let him try. Jump, jump
He miss the mark and goes down. depth
below depth. destroyed without rem.
edy" Men! angels! devils! what shall
we call that place Of awful catastrophe!
Let it be known for ever as The Sinners
Death Leap"
1t is SAID that when Charlemagne's host
was overpowered by three armies II the
Saracens in the Pass Of Roncesvalles, his
warrior, Roland, in terrible earnest ncss,
seized a trumpet and blew it with suct
terrific strength that the opposing army
reeled back with terror; but at the third
blast Of the trumpet it broke Il. Two.
Isee your soul ferccly assaulted by all
the powers Of earth land hell Iput the
mighticr trumpet OF the Cos pei to my
lips, and blow it three times.
Blast the frst-"whosoever will, let
him come"
Blast the second-''Seek ye the Lord
while he may be found"
Blast the third-"Now Is the accepted
time: now is the day Of salvation
Docs not the host Of your sins fall back
But the trumpet does not, like that of Re-
land, break in two. As it was handed
down to rs from the lips Of our fathers,
we hand it down 10 the lips Of our chill
dren, and tell them to sound it when they
are dead, that all the generations Of men
may know that our God is pardonine
God, a sympathetic God, loving God:
and that more to him than the anthems OF
heaven. more to him than the throne OF
which he sits, more to him
than are the temples of celestial
worship, is the joy Of seeing
the waaderer putting his hand on the
doorIatch Of his fathers house. Hear it
all ye ns tions! Bread for the worst hun
ger. Medicine for the worst Sickness.
Light for the thickest darkness. H1rbor
from the worst storm.
DR.. Prime. in his book Of wonderful in
terest entitled "a round the Xnrld ~ de.